Shares

Shares are a major tool considered for investment, where shares which are listed on the stock exchange are traded. Such share dealing takes place with the help of stock brokers, who look after the availability of the particular shares & their prices & looks after the settlement of the deal. Traditionally, shares have been held in paper form - a share certificate, evidencing the owner of the shares. Now most of the shares are available in electronic form. Only listed shares can be traded. Such listed shares are quoted at a share price at which they can be purchased initially. Thereafter as the stock market fluctuates & also depending upon that particular industry conditions, the share prices fluctuates. Investors have the option to chose from many variety of stocks & shares and as such earn the return on it. The basic idea for earning a profit being to purchase the shares at a less quote & selling at a much higher rate. the difference between the two would be the profit for the investor. As the technology advanced, online trading came into being, where the investors alongwith their brokers can decide from their home or office which shares to buy or sell & do the same. The divident on shares which is declared by the company annually or half yearly or quaterly are also one form of incme for the investors.